High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Mattole (AO?17) was a Kaweah-class fleet replenishment oiler in the United States Navy. Mattole was built by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, under USSB contract, was laid down 2 June 1919; launched 16 March 1920; acquired by the Navy 6 March 1922 and laid up at Philadelphia; commissioned 16 June 1940, Comdr. J. D. Wilson in command. Commissioned as hostilities in Europe and Asia began to draw the United States ever closer to the conflict, Mattole was assigned to duties in the North Atlantic. Following America's entry into the war, the oiler plied between New York, Boston, NS Argentia, and Reykjavik, supplying fuel to both shore stations and ships. On 13 November 1942, she departed New York in convoy to Casablanca, arriving 1 December. She remained off the coast of north Africa until the 22d, fueling ships operating in support of the Allied offensives against Axis forces and their desire for control of the Mediterranean.

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